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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
3
The Mitchell Capital editor W R Ronald announces subscription rates. One year and six months subscriptions are offered with advance payment terms. Rates listed include options for different terms and pricing.
The article reviews Roosevelt’s public reply to Penrose Archbold charges about campaign contributions from Standard Oil. It cites Roosevelt’s letters to Cortelyou, Harriman affiliations, Bliss statements, and Refusal to bow to Archbold pressure, arguing the charges are false and that wealth opposed his 1904 bid. The piece highlights Bain Bliss, Harriman, Penrose, Archbold, Cortelyou, and the oil trust.
The piece appraises the Sixty second congress as largely inert aside from the Lorimer expulsion direct election of senators the parcels post and the Panama canal bill It critiques tariff plans taft era politics and the party loyalty question in the 1912 campaign noting Taft Roosevelt and Wilson positions and the impact on farmers in South Dakota.
The Denver election confirms Judge Ben B. Lindsey's win and a Citizens' ticket sweep over the Guggenheim Evans machine. The article links Lindsey’s campaign to combat corporate privilege with broader calls for commission government and ten reform measures, including recalls and public utilities oversight.
Stanford University President David Starr Jordan expanded his address on eugenics and "Burbanking the Human Race" arguing that systematic selection of mates could produce strength beauty and mental power but warned those chosen might resist state dictates and eventually seek to eliminate vital elements. The remarks reflect early 20th century debates on eugenics in California.
Sioux Falls, S D. state railroad commissioners urged railroads and shippers to prepare for the fall grain rush. They cited thousands of cars and new locomotives added by Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound and Northwestern lines, and promised a forthcoming public statement guiding car ordering, loading, and unloading to prevent a car shortage across the northwest.
McCurdy brothers, old time miners turned farmers, cut hay on Pactola ranch as a Chinook wind blew over. The drying hay accumulated in the open Dakota Power Company flume, creating a dam that halted water flow to the Big Bend unit and cut power to Rapid City for about four hours.
The State Land department accepted the Lamphere Heinrichs bid of 8.12 12 per thousand for four million feet of timber west of Rapid City. Timber will be cut under state supervision with only marked trees taken. The state aims to retain timber along Rapid Gulch for camp and lodge sites while larger timber will be removed from the hills.
Washington report by Dr Joseph A Holmes director of the United States bureau of mines says 250 million tons of coal were wasted or left underground last year out of 500 million produced. He notes only about 10 percent of coal energy is used and cites other mineral losses running into hundreds of millions, with reforms hoped through federal state and municipal laws.
Indiana news notes Associate Justice John P. Elkin of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court acknowledged receiving funds from Standard Oil connected to political activities. He stated he answered 1908 letters and that $5,000 and $10,000 were given by John D. Archbold, with additional dates and details referenced.
Redig, S C residents prepare Harding County's first exhibit for the State Fair at Huron. The county, among the state’s largest, boasts semi abundant lignite coal samples, forest tree wood, and very good water wells. Large tracts of free homestead land remain open, attracting settlers this fall.
Jalmar Olsen, an East Coast migrant, is hospitalized with both legs severed at the knee after he and two companions attempted to board a freight train in Aberdeen. The end of the train ran over him, and surgeons report fair chances for recovery.
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